much speedwork. When you get older it's important to recover well from EVERY hard session. – drewIron out niggles with a sports massageThe way to stop a niggle becoming an injury in the first place is usually achieved (for me) through weekly

This week's question was emailed to us by forum member Little T, who gets a painful stitch every time she runs."I've just returned to running after four months off with an injury. Unfortunately, I'm getting really bad stitch each time I run – always

race? Can I continue running 40-50 miles per week without risk of serious injury? Or this a stupid idea?!"– Michael FirmstoneYour best answers...Keep up the training, and enter a race evry couple of months to give you targets to aim at. Start trying

"How soon should I run after I've had a cold? I've always been sporty, but I've only been running seriously for a few months. In the past when I've had colds and coughs, I've often gone back to sport as soon as I've been able to breathe properly

, but always he wants to go. I'm impressed and delighted. He is proud of his stronger 'playtime' running now, and sees a difference in his own physique. He is asthmatic (mild), but treats and controls it well. His other sports are really playground games

need to build up slowly and gradually, and it might be best to remove speedwork from whatver marathon training schedule you use. No point risking overtraining or injury. I was doing 1x25 and 4x15 miles a week buiding up to a triple ironman recently

the latter. "Mad... 50 marathons??!! He must be..." said RW member Dark Vader of Karnazes, in the title of his forum thread. "Mad," agreed Brizo. And when we rang sports physician Dr Patrick Milroy, his first comment was: "Mad."But just as Karnazes

in the same week.– Red Haired Girl Down UnderDon't overdo itIf you are that pooped from the run, you are probably overdoing it. Train carefully and slowly, then build intensity, speed and distance gradually. That way you will avoid injury and stay motivated